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The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Time
 

The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Time

by David Vise, Mark Malseed

Social phenomena happen, and the historians follow. So it goes with Google, the latest star shooting through the universe of trend-setting businesses. This company has even entered our popular lexicon: as many note, "Google" has moved beyond noun to verb, becoming an action which most tech-savvy citizens at the turn of the twenty-first century recognize and in fact do, on a daily basis. It's... (read more)

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Kevin C
  • Rated 5 stars

“essential. obviously the google story is truly a one-of-a-kind. thus, some of the principles will not apply to 99% of startups. however there are many rich, valuable lessons to take away and they are laid out in an easy to read way. it reads as if you're reading a highlighted timeline, but with personality.”

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Patrick G
  • Rated 1 stars

“What a lowzy book! It appears to be written by the PR department of Google. Brin and Page are portrayed as demi-gods who can only do good. The book gives little insights in the real things that matter.”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.787942 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 3.5 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • PrasK

    prask said:

    “After carefully reading this book, one gets a picture of "How manage .com business". I belive that this is pure PR book from google. It also describes implicitly how Stanford can arrange big time Venture Capitalist for a start up business. I was shocked to know that Google paid a hefty amount to Yahoo in their initial days. Too much of Segery and Brin on every page but why so less exposure to Eric????????? Guess David(the Author of this book) and Eric are not on talking terms... :)”

    posted Thursday, July 24 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • omar a

    omar a said:

    “this book is so good...
    ”

    posted Friday, March 21 2008
  • Suravi

    suravi said:

    “I would give this 3 stars because I dont think it is a well written book. All the stars are for what the book is ABOUT. Google indeed is a phenomenon. There is certainly some corporate talk that Google indulges in, but it is mainly driven through their "do no evil" motto. But the book is written as if written by a idolizing, love stricken teenager. As if he is viewing through rose tinted lenses, and not through the critical, well balanced eyes of a writer.”

    posted Friday, February 22 2008
  • gauravarian

    gauravarian said:

    “google talks about systematic search of data on the world wide web but this book is written in most haphazard manners....
    but having said tht book is good...”

    posted Tuesday, December 11 2007
  • Ram M

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    “hey frnds help me.....m new to shelfari.......plz temme how to read the books from this”

    posted Friday, December 7 2007 ( | view 1 reply )
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